Letters to the Editor
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Feinstein flips on filibustering
"Flips" thanks in part to Republican's is a negative term. When I saw the headline I assumed it meant that Feinstein no longer supported the filibuster, not that she now does. How about a more neutral phrase like "now supports"? Words are important. Words matter. The rightwing figured that out long ago and is long past time that the actual Liberal Media got a clue.
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The Fat Lady Hasn't Sung yet
and neither should Salon spew doom and gloom. When Senators like Difi and Clinton are backing the filibuster, perhaps Salon should take notice that there is change in the air. This will be a busy weekend for those that feel Alito is a battle worth fighting and Salon's sabotaging the fight before it's over is quite curious.
http://www.democrats.com/we-can-stop-alito
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OK, Stevens sucks, but Feinstein...
We should ease up on Sen. Feinstein, f'chrissakes. I give her 99% credit: She should have acknowledged right up front that she changed her mind because she listened to her constituents. But we all know that IS why she changed her mind, and that's what we want in an official we elect, right? I'd also like to ease up on the boo-hoo-it-won't-make-any-difference-anyway crap on the filibuster. The point is, we're rallying. The switchboards are ringing off the hooks at the senators' offices. I think there is finally a movement afoot. Let's get excited about THAT already.
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Feinstein yes!
Feinstein gets credit from those of us who reelect her every six years for listening to and representing us. Isn't that her job? She expressed herself, we disagreed, she appreciated our point of view and had the courage to change her mind. The idea that changing one's opinion in the face of a reasonable or superior argument should be regarded as waffling, rather than learning, is a Republican notion. Democrats are actually capable of listening, learning and adapting. Feinstein is a Democrat.
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On keeping America
Feinstein is my senator as well, and while she frequently frustrates me, this changed decision is extremely welcome. As the earlier reader said, if this country is about anything, it's about not having a king. Alito's enthusiasm for the unitary executive points to a Court legacy we cannot afford.
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Flipflop-Schmipflop
Gads, I'm tired of this. Since no one is perfect, no matter what position taken on an issue, why isn't admirable to make a change when one is incorrect, wrong, or ill-advised about the matter? If the person lies or tries to hide the change of position, that is another matter. I have always admired a person who can step up to the plate and take responsibility for a more-informed position.
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Feinstein flips
Thank God Senator Feinstein flipped. I'm grateful that she voted against Roberts, will vote against Alito and now will vote against cloture.
Feinstein and Lieberman are two peas in a pod. Feinstein is on the wrong side of most progressive issues. She sells herself as a centrist, but in reality she is the senator for the corporate lobby. Unless another Democrat takes away her nomination in June, I will keep my vote in November 2006.
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Support Women or Support NASA: just Don't Support status quo
Things seem to get communicated faster in California;
I have been outraged (pardon me ahead of time) that Mr. Alito,
whose inclination to succeed has driven him to either make up his affiliation with
an organization dedicated to excluding women and minorities
from his alma mater (Princeton) or actually to make such a stand
(as his own writing would indicate), has blithely sailed through
our senate confirmation hearings.
Is this sort of thing routine these days?
"I do not recall" covers everything?
Is it ok to get everything you can by whatever means you can so long as you
forget how you screwed the truth to get there later? Is this really what we have to settle for in a man whose job it will be to decide what is truly legally mandated?
In a day when even NASA science related to global warming is being
actively muzzled by the administration, we cannot afford a man who
is half there - the half led by his single perception of authority: presidential
power. He does not favor a woman's right to choose,
or anyone else's right to exercise informed choice:
you don't have to be a rocket scientist to figure out
that if you don't stand up for women now, he would gladly affirm decisions supporting the kind of shenanigans taking place at NASA.
This is beyond party lines and religious conviction all the way to spiritual crisis.
This is a presidential power problem affecting our survival as a democracy.
I do not want the United States to be remembered for how it once, while a democracy, killed the world with global warming. How can we sit still for more power, out of balance, in favor of the executive (via judiciary that favor the "unitary executive" philosophy?) Our very health, as a nation and as a world, is at stake.
In a state famed for being more online than elsewhere, I am glad that Feintstein has got the message that many of us
see no reason it is in the nation's best interest to go along.
Thank you to her for doing her job, politically beneficial or not,
and thank you for reading my opinion.
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mass suicide
I actually hate seeing the Democrat party commit mass suicide by placating the extreme left wing. This country depends on a two party system that actually represents the majority of American people. How terribly sad that so many Democrats are disgracing themselves and their party in the eyes of the country.
Seeing every issue through the prism of rabid GWB hatred is not productive--for the country or for the "loyal" opposition. Attacking a jurist whose honesty, fairness and brilliance has been affirmed by every single person who's ever worked with him (regardless of political leaning is disingenuous. A futile filibuster to "make a point" is self-defeating. Even Harry Reid recognizes this.
Sad, sad, sad. Shooting a gun aimed at your own head is never a good idea--even if it helps with the fundraising....That elusive "mainstream" isn't deaf, dumb and blind. We see what's going on and we shake our heads in dismay.